Lexicon :: Strong's H6565 - pārar

פָּרַר

Transliteration

pārar

Pronunciation

paw-rar'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1829,1830,183

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

פָּרַר pârar, paw-rar'; a primitive root; to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate:—× any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, × clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, × utterly, make void.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's H6565 in the following manner: break (25x), make void (5x), defeat (2x), disannul (2x), disappoint (2x), frustrate (2x), come to nought (2x), break asunder (1x), cause to cease (1x), clean (1x), dissolved (1x), divide (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to break, frustrate
1. (Hiphil)
  1. to break, violate
  2. to frustrate, make ineffectual
2. (Hophal)
  1. to be frustrated
  2. to be broken
  3. to break
3. (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter
to split, divide
1. (Qal) to split, crack through
2. (Poel) to break apart
3. (Hithpoel) to be split, be cracked through

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6565: Abbreviations

† I. [פָּרַר] verb
Hiph. break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi. crumble; Jewish-Aramaic פְּרַר ; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Liḥyanian והפרו destroy, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7}); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵפֵר Isaiah 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר Genesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from [H6331 הֵפִיר Ezekiel 17:19; Psalm 33:10 (Ges^{§ 67 v})]; 2nd person masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2 Samuel 15:34, etc., Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָפֵר Numbers 30:13 [Numbers 30:12] +, וַיָּפֶר Nehemiah 4:9 [Nehemiah 4:15], etc.; also 1st person singular [H6331 אָפִיר Psalm 89:34 [Psalm 89:33]] (Ges^{i. c.}); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר 2 Chronicles 16:3; Psalm 85:5 [Psalm 85:4], הָפֵרָה 1 Kings 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר Proverbs 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר 2 Samuel 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zechariah 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם Leviticus 26:15 (Ges^{§ 67 dd}); Participle מֵפֵר Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12; —

1. break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:

a. of י׳ Judges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44; Zechariah 11:10.

b. of men violating covenant with י׳ Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 31:20; Leviticus 26:15; Ezekiel 44:7; Genesis 17:14; Isaiah 24:5 compare Jeremiah 33:20.

c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:16, Ezekiel 17:18, [H6331 Ezekiel 17:19].

d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zechariah 11:14.

e. of breaking י׳'s מִצְוָה Numbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָה Psalm 119:126.

2. frustrate, make ineffectual::

a. counsel (עֵצָה) 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 17:14; Ezra 4:5; י׳ subject Nehemiah 4:9 [Nehemiah 4:15]; [H6331 Psalm 33:10]; of man frustrating י׳'s counsel Isaiah 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁפָּט Job 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in general, of men Proverbs 15:22, י׳ subject Job 5:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת Isaiah 44:25.

b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it Numbers 30:9 [Numbers 30:8]; Numbers 30:14 [Numbers 30:13] (opposed to חֵקִים), Numbers 30:13 [Numbers 30:12], also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) Numbers 30:13 [Numbers 30:12], Numbers 30:16 [Numbers 30:15].

c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 [H6331 חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ, Psalm 89:34 [Psalm 89:33]] read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ Psalm 85:4 [Psalm 85:3] (read הָסֵר Bi Che).

d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה Ecclesiastes 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר Hoph. is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (Post^{Flora of Syr. 106 ff.}); M'Lean-Dyer^{Ency. Bid. 696.}): Post^{Letter, July 28, 1901} breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFM^{JBL x (1891), 60}); Perles^{Anal. 30} וְתִפְרַח.

Hoph. Imperfect.

1. be frustratred, 3rd person feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isaiah 8:10 (of עֵצָה).

2. be broken, of covenant, 3rd person feminine singular תֻּפַר Jeremiah 33:21; וִתֻּפַר Zechariah 11:11; so Isaiah 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻפַּר, see כ׳).

Pilp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי Job 16:12 he hath shattered me.

† II. [פָּרַר] verb split, divide (so Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quake, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְפַּרְפַּר, , compare Late Hebrew פִּרְפֵּר); —
Qal Infinitive absolute + Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְפּוֹרְרָה פּוֹר Isaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che^{Heb. Hpt.} פרוק התפרקה).
Po`êl Perfect 2nd person masculine singular פּוֹרַרְתָּ Psalm 74:13 thou [י׳] didst divide the sea.

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